Daniel foreman  and michael foreman



D. & M. FOREMAN. Drafi Equalizer. No. 76,737. Patented April 14, 1868.

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IMPROVEMENT IN DRAUGHT-BARS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that we, DANIEL FonnxuAN and MICHAEL FonnMAN, of Dalton, in the county of Wayne, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Draught-Bars; and we do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had 'to the accompanying draw--l ings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form n part of this specification, in' which- Figure 1 represents a plan view of our invention, and b Figure 2 a similar view of thejoint', with the olevis removed.

The nature of our invention consists in the construction of a drau ht-,bar formed into two arts, united b n g P Y hinge and spring, forthepurposeof preventing the shock given to the vehicle when first started.

A B represent two sections of our draught-bar; b IJ, the wings of the hinge by which the bars A B are united. C designates a spring, one end of which is bolted to the end of the wings of tho hinge, the other end b of said spring being made to pass through the clip d, and is bent upwnrds, to prevent it from escaping from said clip. I

The spring C is curved, with the concave surface downward, and, by its action on the wings b b, serves to keep the inner ends of the draught-bar apart, as represented by dotted lines in fig, 1. This spring is prevented from having a lateral motion by the clevis e, through which it passes.

In 'operating our invention, it will be seen that in starting a vehicle, the first suddon jerk of the horses will be resisted by the spring C, and the bars A B will be brought in line gradually, thereby preventing a sudden jar of the vehicle. l

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- Constructing the draught-bar in two equal parts, and so hinging said' parts as to leave a space between them, when the same is used in combination with spring C, staple d, and clevise, all arranged substan'tiully as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony 'that we claim the foregoing as our own, we atfix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL FOREMAN, -MICHAEL FOREMAN.

Witnesses E. RAEEENSPERGER, A. HENDERsoN. 

